The big Arrowverse crossover event this year, which will be introducing Batwoman, has been entitled “Elseworlds”. In the comic book world, Elseworlds is the DC imprint for stories that are not in the established canon. The TV folks have released a poster for the crossover, which must be seen to be believed:
I debated whether to put this into the Batwoman thread. But the crossover is really its own thing which, as the poster demonstrates, doesn’t necessarily include Batwoman. Plus we’ve now got a thread in which to discuss the crossover when it arrives.
Stuff we already know about the crossover:
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[li]Batwoman and Gotham City will be introduced.[/li][li]The Flash and Supergirl are technically switching nights.[/li][li]Legends of Tomorrow will not be included.[/li][li]Superman will appear and he’s bringing Lois Lane along.[/li][/ul]
Parallel worlds are one of my Favorite Sci Fi and Comic Book sub Genres although the last big crossover (which was indeed awesome) kind of already dipped into this well.
I think I would have liked a crossover that was set in the the “real” world but all took place in Gotham. Gotham City is iconic enough to be the glue that holds a story line together.
Stephen Amell just looks weird as Flash. He’s a ripped guy (of course), but he looks scrawny in that suit. Grant Gustin, on the other hand, actually looks pretty bad-ass as Green Arrow.
Our first glimpse of Batwoman and Supergirl together. Not a spoiler since we already know Batwoman is being introduced in the crossover: https://i.redd.it/d8r4viuj6mu11.jpg
We got our first trailers for the crossover during this week’s Arrow and The Flash. No spoilers now since you’d have seen them if you’d watched the respective shows:
I hear that Legends is going to make a cameo during the crossover. If we’re lucky, it’ll be Brandon Routh as Superman. My guess is it’ll probably be Beebo.
1: They should have included actor names (Melissa Benoist, Grant Gustin, Steven Amell and Ruby Rose) like they were creator credits on an actual cover. It would have made it look more like a real cover.
2: Wish the artist had signed it…a) it would, again, have made it look more like an actual cover, and b) I really wanna know who did it.
